The media have been playing up the “civil war” inside the GOP between what Politico calls the “MAGA Republicans and Big Tech.” The restrictionists in the party want fewer visas, and the pro-growth wing wants more.
This past weekend, President-elect Donald Trump announced his support for expanding immigrant worker visas. He told the New York Post:
“I’ve always liked the visas, I have always been in favor of the visas. That’s why we have them.”
It wasn’t clear whether he was talking about special visas for seasonal workers or high-tech (H1b) visas. But he has the strategy exactly right: legal immigration, yes; illegal immigration, no.
The evidence is overwhelming that LEGAL immigrants are assets to the economy.
The most recent 2024 report by the Congressional Budget Office on the economic and fiscal impact of immigrants finds that immigrants pay more in taxes than they use…
